------------------086225 062219Z /75
R 050927Z JAN 79
FM USLO PEKING
TO USICA WASHDC
TAGS: SCUL OEXC CH
SUBJ: US-PRC EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE: PRIVATE SECTOR
1. USLO HAS RECENTLY LEARNED THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURG HAS APPARENTLY ENTERED INTO A FAIRLY EXTENSIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE PRC TO SEND ENGLISH TEACHERS TO THE PRC AND TO RECEIVE PRC SCHOLARS AT PITTSBURG. WE ASSUME THAT THE PRC IS IMPLEMENTING SOME OR ALL OF THE PROPOSALS CONTAINED IN THE AUGUST 3 LETTER FROM PITTSBURG ASSOCIATE PROVOST DAVID POWERS (412/624-3407) TO PRCLO'S HUA NANSHENG. A COPY OF THE PROPOSAL WAS SENT TO USLO ON AUGUST 7 BY PITTSBURG PRESIDENT POSVAR WITH OTHER COPIES TO ASSISTANT SECRETARY HOLBROOK AND PRCM. USLO OFFICER HAS LEARNED FROM CONTACTS AT PITTSBURG THAT SOME OF THEIR TEACHERS WILL BE ARRIVING IN THE PRC THIS MONTH. REQUEST ICA INFORM PITTSBURG THAT USLO WOULD LIKE TO ASSIST THEM WITH ENGLISH TEACHING MATERIALS AND FILMS, ETC. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW MORE DETAILS ON PRC PERSONS GOING TO PITT UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SO THAT WE CAN SEND THEM THE REQUIRED "STUDENT-SCHOLAR-RESEARCHER DATA SHEET" WHICH MUST BE SUBMITTED TO USLO CONSULAR SECTION SIXTY DAYS PRIOR TO ETD.
2. THE OHIO COLLEGE ASSOCIATION (GARY ANDEEN, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY-TREASURER, 614/422-8041) HAS BEGUN PUBLISHING A CHINA NEWS EXCHANGE NEWSLETTER, WITH THE FIRST ISSUE DATED DECEMBER 18. THIS COULD PROVE TO BE A USEFUL FORUM FOR DISSEMINATION OF THE LATEST NEWS ON US-PRC EXCHANGE DEVELOPMENTS. WE HOPE THAT ICA WILL PROVIDE THEM WITH APPROPRIATE AND TIMELY INFORMATION. THE ASSOCIATION HAS APPLIED TO THE PRC FOR A DELEGATION TO VISIT THE PRC THIS SUMMER, IN ADDITION TO THE ONE ALREADY SCHEDULED FOR OBERLIN COLLEGE. MANY OF THE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN OHIO HAVE SENT USLO MULTIPLE COPIES OF THEIR CATALOGS.
3. USLO HAS RECEIVED A PROPOSAL PREPARED BY THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (ASSISTANT PROVOST CHARLES NEFF) FOR LANGUAGE TRAINING FOR PRC SCHOLARS. NEFF WAS ONE OF THE PERSONS FROM SUNY WHO MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE OCTOBER PRC EDUCATIONAL DELEGATION VISIT TO SUNY.
4. THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES FOR TEACHER EDUCATION (FRANK H. KLASSEN, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR 202/293-2450) HAS PREPARED A PROPOSAL FOR THE PRC, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE DISCUSSED IT WITH PRCLO. THEY PROPOSE TO SEND A DELEGATION OF APPROXIMATELY 30 LEADING EDUCATORS FROM US COLLEGES OF EDUCATION TO THE PRC FROM JULY 24 TO AUGUST 4 AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE TO DISCUSS INTER-UNIVERSITY LINKAGES, ETC.
5. WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS IND INSTITUTIONS ARE SUBMITTING PROPOSALS AND ASKING FOR DELEGATIONS TO GO TO THE PRC,BUT WE HOPE ICA AND THE DEPARTMENT CAN POINT OUT TO CONTACTS IN THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY THAT THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION HAS ONLY FOUR PERSONS WORKING ON THE EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM WITH THE US, CANADA, MEXICO, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. THEY DO NOT HAVE ADEQUATE PERSONNEL OR ANY OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT ONE ASSOCIATES WITH A WELL-ORGANIZED AND FUNDED EXCHANGE OPERATION, SUCH AS GOOD ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRANSLATORS, TYPEWRITERS AND TYPISTS, COPYING MACHINES OR GOOD TELECOMMUNICATIONS. IN ADDITION, THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION IS STILL REELING FROM THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE GANG OF FOUR AND THIS LOWERS THEIR EFFICIENCY EVEN MORE.
6. WE HAVE LISTED ABOVE ONLY THE MAJOR PROPOSALS WHICH WE THOUGHT WORTH CALLING TO YOUR ATTENTION AT THIS TIME. SCARCELY A WEEK GOES BY WITHOUT ANOTHER BEING RECEIVED BY USLO. WE HAVE TRIED TO BE HELPFUL, BUT WE CANNOT INTERCEDE WITH THE MOE IN EVERY CASE AND ASK FOR SPECIAL TREATMENT. CORRESPONDENTS CANNOT EXPECT PROMPT RESPONSES FROM THE CHINESE, WHO MUST FIRST TRANSLATE EVERY PROPOSAL INTO CHINESE AND THEN ADD IT TO THEIR RAPIDLY-GROWING STACK AT THE MOE.
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